Fatma Omar An-Najar

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Who is Fatma Omar An-Najar?

Fatimah Omar Mahmoud Al-Najar was a 64-year-old Palestinian widow who blew herself up near Israeli troops sweeping through northern Gaza on 23 November 2006, wounding 4 Israeli soldiers.

She has seven sons and two daughters, Her oldest daughter stated that the Israeli military had destroyed her house, they killed her grandson and another grandson is in a wheelchair with an amputated leg.

She was a veteran Hamas supporter and sheltered fugitive militants during the first Palestinian uprising of 1987-1993. She is reported to have been the oldest Palestinian suicide bomber to date.

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on July 23, 2013

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